A personal history reveals how discriminatory university quotas shaped the educational journeys of Jewish students in North America. Against the backdrop of numerus clausus policies at leading American and Canadian universities, the story traces a path from a Holocaust-survivor family in Halifax to medicine, business, and leadership at Dalhousie University, highlighting the importance of educational opportunity and institutional openness.

Amid rising antisemitism and deepening polarization, Saks argues that lasting security depends not on isolation but on rebuilding trust through pluralism, civic engagement, and shared responsibility. Saks calls for confronting hate while strengthening democratic values, fostering dialogue, and pursuing a future in which Jewish identity, Canadian belonging, and support for peace can coexist.

At a time of deep tension between Israel and the Diaspora, Hess argues that Jewish peoplehood must become the foundation for renewing connection. Hess explores how Israel’s successes and failures shape Jewish identity worldwide, and calls for a more pluralistic, democratic, and inclusive Israeli society that strengthens rather than weakens bonds with Jews everywhere.

Jewish physicians and scientists, representing just 0.2% of the world’s population, have made discoveries that transformed medicine and saved countless lives - from vaccines, antibiotics, and blood typing to DNA, immunology, and cancer research. Their work underpins modern healthcare, accounting for about 26% of Nobel Prizes in medicine, despite ongoing antisemitism that ignores these vital contributions.

Amid rising antisemitism, Jewish communities face a turning point, sparking a renewed focus on deep learning, cultural revival, and identity

A German-Jewish childhood in South Africa shaped by exile, identity struggles, Zionism, and a complex relationship with history and culture.